NCsoft announces the release of the Hellbound content expansion for
Lineage II in conjunction with the imminent release of a Limited Collector’s
Edition of the MMORPG sequel:

Thursday 24th April... Brighton, England/...
NCsoft® Europe (http://eu.plaync.com/eu/)
today announced the release of Hellbound™, the newest addition to the Lineage®
II (http://www.discoverlineage2.com) franchise, in conjunction with its Limited
Collector’s Edition retail package. Continuing the storyline and content in
December’s popular expansion Kamael, Hellbound increases the game’s level
capacity to 85, and adds significant quests and skills. Players finally get the
chance to best the diabolical boss Beleth, fighting their way through multiple
towers in the Steel Citadel. Enhancements to the pet system enable players to
grow their wolf pet into a mount called a Fenrir. Additionally, this update adds
more transformation options, where players earn the ability to temporarily
transform into a powerful alter-ego with special skills that will aid them in
their ventures into Hellbound.

The Lineage II Limited Collector’s Edition provides players with a whole host of
exclusive extras. Featuring the most up to date game client, the Limited Edition
includes three exclusive in-game items, discount tokens for server features, a
stunning 148 page ‘The Art of Lineage II’ art book, the official soundtrack CD,
two exclusive A2 posters and the official Lineage II world map. To complete the
pack, each set also includes a highly detailed poly-resin Kamael character
figurine.

Lineage II is known as the gaming market’s premier player-versus-player (PvP)
online role-playing game, with a customer reach of more than 19 million players
worldwide.

“The content in our Hellbound expansion really rounds out what we started in
Kamael,” said Tim Tan, NCsoft’s North American producer of Lineage II. “The
expansion was very popular with our players and we’re happy to follow up with
more content, so soon after its launch. Players can really sink their teeth into
the Hellbound area of the game, and the raised level cap gives them a fighting
chance against Beleth!”

The Lineage II Limited Collector’s Edition will be available from major
retailers at a recommended retail price of £54.99 / €79.99. The standard edition
box of Lineage II is available at a recommended retail price of £14.99 / €19.99
and at the PlayNC® store (http://eu.plaync.com/eu/store/).
Monthly subscription fee to the game is £8.99 / €12.99. The game is rated 12+ by
PEGI (http://www.pegi.info).

This the expansion where they were supposed to fix the controls to be something other than utter shit?

Oh, wait, this is NCSoft we're talking about...

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How in the world did they find 19 million people to play this turd of a game?

Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishfull thinking at its worst. Breeds that forget this basic truth have always paid for it with their lives and freedoms.-Robert Heinlein

friend who still plays on and off tells me that most farmers have left his server and now crafting materials have become stupidly rare and expensive (even more than they were before, w/e, I played it for like 2 months in 2004 and never looked back)